The RVCC has been honored as a 2022 Kendig Award Winner, in recognition of excellence and as an outstanding Arts and Cultural Organization in the Blue Ridge Valley for 35 years!
Thank you to all the RVCC staff, volunteers, board members, choristers, alumni, and patrons for helping make the RVCC an extraordinary, impactful, and enduring organization throughout the past 35 years.
RVCC Board Members at the 2022 Kendig Award Ceremony
Here is an article about the 2022 Kendig Awards in the Roanoke Times: https://roanoke.com/entertainment/arts/annual-kendig-awards-presented/article_fd8fe9f4-4b0e-11ed-9640-1f0a0ab56fa1.html
Here is a write-up / summary of the awards from Roanoke College (with a couple exerpts from this link included below): https://www.roanoke.edu/about/news/2022_kendig_awards
About the Kendig Awards
The Perry F. Kendig Awards, which celebrate the people and organizations that support excellence in the arts in Virginia’s Blue Ridge, were presented during a ceremony at Hollins University on Oct. 11, 2022.
The awards are co-sponsored by Hollins University and Roanoke College, and they are awarded annually in three categories: Individual Artist, Arts and Cultural Organization, and Individual or Business Arts supporter. Recipients are selected from a group of nominees who live or work in the counties of Roanoke, Botetourt and Franklin, the cities of Roanoke and Salem, or the town of Vinton. The awards are named for the late Perry F. Kendig, who served as president of Roanoke College and was an avid supporter and patron of the arts.
The Roanoke Valley Children’s Choir Wins 2022 Kendig Arts and Cultural Organization Award
The Arts and Cultural Organization Award was presented to The Roanoke Valley Children's Choir (RVCC). For 35 years, RVCC has met the needs of young people across the Roanoke Valley, providing an artistic and in-depth study of voice in a choral setting. The choir currently has 130 singers aged seven to 18. It is divided into a “Little Singers” group for children ages 4-6, three training choirs and a concert choir, and children move up through the groups as their development and aptitude deepens.
Weekly rehearsals culminate in community performances that help students develop vocal techniques, confidence, leadership and teamwork. Each choir participates in an annual regional, state, national or international honor performance, giving the students an opportunity to travel. The choir also collaborates on performances with professional organizations such as the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and Opera Roanoke. Susan Smith, chairwoman of the RVCC Board of Directors, accepted the award on behalf of the choir.
“We are proud to have served the Roanoke Valley as a world-class choral program for 36 years,” Smith said. “If you know, you know: There is no sound quite like the choral sound of children’s voices.”
